Studio12 - Waste: Project B

An introduction to Studio12

Cities create things, consume them and produce their by-product which we call waste. The efficient functioning of a city depends on its ability to deal with this waste. In our economy the patterns of production, consumption and waste management are global, but the effects are localised.

We believe that we are embarking on a new era in which we cannot afford to throw 'away', hide or ignore the unwanted things we produce. This is beginning to affect the producers, making designers and manufacturers responsible for the eventual recycling of the products they make, as well as the consumer, demanding that we take responsibility for our own waste.

This begins to re-conceive the basis of our relationship with goods and materials. In place of the current linear process (produce, consume, discard), goods we no longer want or can use must become the beginning of something else, forming a cyclic process.

We will speculate on what this might mean for architecture, for our lives and for the city.

Sunday, 6 December 2009

project b >> wasted knowledge

Tourism is a Valuable Commodity to a Region's Economy
Tourism Can Cause an Area to Push Aside Tradition and Culture in Pursuit for Increased Financial Gain
The Desire of a Tourist for a More Connected and Often Westernised 'Feel' Can Create a
Similar, Almost Homogenous Village/Town/City the World Over

As Technology has Developed Allowing Greater Freedom and Access to Knowledge

The 'Local' has become less. This Development has Meant that the Vernacular has Often Become Less Important,
Homogeneous Cities Appearing the World Over, all Having the Same Key Components to those Across the Globe
- Is the Airport the New City Center?

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Wasted potential vs. wasted time

Wasted Sun

The Sun is the source of all things. It plays an important role in the provision of three basic elements: oxygen, water and food, which human needs for living. Without the Sun, there is no life on earth.

Is it possible to store sunlight?

In a Hong Kong comedy film ‘From Beijing with Love’, solar torch was invented for a laugh. In order to turn on the solar torch, another torch was needed. Hence, if the light energy can be totally transferred, using two solar torches can then ‘store’ light. Therefore, with the help of solar devices transferring light, human may then be able to recreate 'the Sun' to produce the basic elements for living.